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    Obesity patterns among women in a slum area in Brazil

    Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2011
    High-energy diet and sedentary lifestyle fail to completely explain the epidemic of obesity in developing countries. In this cross-sectional survey, the prevalence and patterns of overweight/obesity were assessed among women in a slum in Brazil.
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    South Africa and the BRICS: progress, problems, and prospects

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2014
    The BRICS countries played a pivotal role in enabling other developing and emerging economies to weather the impact of the global financial crisis of 2008–2009. Participation in the BRICS grouping offers an opportunity for South Africa to deepen and broaden its bilateral engagement with Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
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    Dietary quality maintained among overweight Brazilian women enrolled in a primary healthcare service

    Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2014
    Food consumption assessment is essential for understanding the relationship between diet and morbidity/mortality events and for providing information about the determinants of food intake, which, in turn, leads to the identification of population groups at risk, making it subsequently possible to propose public health policies or programmes.
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    Obesity epidemic in Brazil and Argentina: a public health concern

    Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2014
    The obesity epidemic is rapidly advancing in South America, leading to inevitable health consequences. Argentinian and Brazilian health policies try to become adapted to the new economic and social framework that follows from this epidemic. It is in incipient and ineffective control so far since the prevalence of obesity was not restrained.
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    Nutritional status of HIV-positive patients in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2014
    More than 600,000 AIDS cases have been reported in Brazil since the appearance of the first patient in 1980. Around 180,000 HIV-infected Brazilian patients are under combined antiretroviral therapy (cART), taking drugs supplied by the Ministry of Health and distributed all over the country through a network of public hospitals.
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    A “Delphi Exercise” as a tool in Amazon Rainforest valuation

    World Bank, 2014
    The Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest and most biodiverse, represents a global public good of which 15 percent has already been lost. The worldwide value of preserving the remaining forest is today unknown.
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    Brazilian economy: recent evolution and new perspectives for South-South cooperation

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2007
    Brazilian economic stagnation of the early 1980s mirrors that of the other Latin American countries. Thus, comparison on the economic data for the whole of Latin America from 1980 up to today and those of the 1950-1980 period, reveals that investment rates are substantially lower; unemployment is higher; and the average income of salaried workers is lower.
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    Emerging economies as sources of investment and appropriate technology: evidence from India

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2008
    The BICS countries (Brazil, India, China, and South Africa) have developed strong linkages with fellow developing countries in the realms of trade, investment and technology. This paper analyses the major trends in India’s linkages with other developing countries with specific focus on technology.
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    Rise of BICS and the world economy implications of india’s recent expansion on developing countries

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2008
    The rise of emerging countries has caused a profound impact on the balance of economic powers in the global economy.
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    Changing economic power in the world economy

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2008
    Two features stand out in the development of the world economy in the past years: increasing integration and a major hiatus in the growth of the different economies from 1973-74. This paper analyses the implications of the rapid growth of China and India for the structure of the world economy and the distribution of economic power among different countries.

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